John mair



\ JOHN MAIR, OF` PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGN'OR TO HIMSELFV AND HAZLETON W. CRANMER, OF vSAME PLACE.

r 'Leners Paten No. 95,243, dated ,sepmaer 2s, 1869.

' IMPRov-EMENT. m SAIL-La'rcnms.

The Schedule referred to in these LettersPatent and making part of the same.

To allwhom itma/y'concem:

Beit known that I, JOHN Mam, of the city of Philadelphia, 4county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Imp'rove ment in Sails of Vessels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact descriptionable, both on account of the delay when in a storm, when all haste is required inshortening sail,v also in freezing-Weather, when the. sails and ropes are frozen stii` and dieult to handle.

Myinvention consists ofa series of metallic hooks, 1

constructed .especially for this purpose. One end of the hooks are secured to the upper edge of the bonnet, and the opposite end passed through grommets,

made in the lower part of the sail, where they\(the hooks) are held in place, by means of a rope passing straight through them, said rope being easily and quickly inserted or withdrawn.'

Figure l is a perspective view of a ,jlb l'with a bon net secured to it by my improvement.

Figures 2 and 3 are Views of a4 jib and bonnetv de- `tached, showing the arrangement of the hooks and grommets.

Figure '4 is a detached view of one of the hooks.

Figure 5 is a broken view of a bonnet, showing how the hooks are attached thereto.

o enable those skilled in the art to make'and use l y A my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation. 1

C H are curved hooks, provided with eyes e and e'.

Said hooks are secured to the upper part of bonnet B, at proper distance apart, by means of a rope, R, which passes through the eyes e of ther hook. Rope It is sewed fast to the bonnet, thereby attaching the hooks firmly to the canvas.

In the lower part of the jib J, or other sails, and directlyopposite to each hook, are formed suitable openings, O,.provided with grommets; the ends of the hooks, havingeyee formed in them, are passed through, and project beyond the openings O in the 'ib J.

Secured to the upper end of the bonnet B is a rope,

F, which passes through jib J at the lower part, and thence through each and every` leye e of the hooks O H, as shown in fig. 1, where it is` then tied.

The corners of the jib J are secured to the bonnet B in the usual manner, by means of sister or shacklehooks. Having thus described my invention, its construc- In testimony whereoQIV have hereunto signed my name; in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. `JOHN MAIR.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. EVANS, HENRY ROELLIG. 

